CyberRota Analysis
This is a low severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 3.7. It affects Linux. Public exploit code or proof-of-concept references have been detected in its references. It may be remotely exploitable.
Public Exploit Signal
A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.
GitHub PoC Links
Note: these links are listed for security research and verification purposes only.
CVE
CVE-2020-16166
Severity
LOW
CVSS
3.7
EPSS
5.27%
Linux
Original NVD Description
The Linux kernel through 5.7.11 allows remote attackers to make observations that help to obtain sensitive information about the internal state of the network RNG, aka CID-f227e3ec3b5c. This is related to drivers/char/random.c and kernel/time/timer.c.
Related CVEs
Other vulnerabilities affecting the same vendor(s)